Английская Википедия:1972 San Diego Chargers season

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The Шаблон:Nfly San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's third season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 13th overall. The team failed to improve on their 6–8 record in 1971. The Chargers would get off to a poor start, as they were devoured 34-3 in their season opener at San Francisco. After their week 2 win against the Denver Broncos, the Chargers would play to a 17-17 draw with another cross-state rival, the Oakland Raiders. It was San Diego's fourth tie in 3 seasons (they tied 3 times in 1970). Even after they defeated the Baltimore Colts in the week following the tie, the Bolts would stumble the rest of the year, winning only 2 more games en route to a 4-9-1 season. This squad featured several players like Duane Thomas, Tim Rossovich, Dave Costa and John Mackey who were unwanted by most of the other NFL teams.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 17	at San Francisco 49ers	L 3–34	0–1	Candlestick Park	59,438	Recap
2	September 24	Denver Broncos	W 37–14	1–1	San Diego Stadium	49,048	Recap
3	October 1	at Oakland Raiders	T 17–17	1–1–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	53,455	Recap
4	October 8	at Baltimore Colts	W 23–20	2–1–1	Memorial Stadium	55,459	Recap
5	October 15	at Miami Dolphins	L 10–24	2–2–1	Miami Orange Bowl	80,010	Recap
6	October 22	at Detroit Lions	L 20–34	2–3–1	Tiger Stadium	54,371	Recap
7	October 29	Kansas City Chiefs	L 14–26	2–4–1	San Diego Stadium	54,533	Recap
8	November 5	Dallas Cowboys	L 28–34	2–5–1	San Diego Stadium	54,476	Recap
9	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Cleveland Browns	L 17–21	2–6–1	San Diego Stadium	54,205	Recap
10	November 19	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 27–17	3–6–1	Arrowhead Stadium	79,011	Recap
11	November 26	Houston Oilers	W 34–20	4–6–1	San Diego Stadium	46,289	Recap
12	December 3	Oakland Raiders	L 19–21	4–7–1	San Diego Stadium	54,611	Recap
13	December 10	at Denver Broncos	L 13–38	4–8–1	Mile High Stadium	51,478	Recap
14	December 17	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 2–24	4–9–1	San Diego Stadium	52,873	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Notable events

In their last game for the year, the Chargers became the thirty-third team in the NFL or leagues that merged with the NFL to score only a safety in a full game. This unusual occurrence has been repeated only five times since: by the 1980 Buffalo Bills, the 1983 Minnesota Vikings, the 1993 Cincinnati Bengals, the 2011 Atlanta Falcons (the only team to do so in a playoff game) and the 2013 Jacksonville Jaguars.